In the National Library of Vienna is conserved the reconstruction of a late middle age travel map of the imperial era: the Peutingerian Table, named for its discoverer the German humanist Konrad Peutinger. This road map, goes from the Ganges to the Atlantic and the centre of Oplontis seems to be situated about three miles from Pompeii were Torre Annunziata is placed today. The origin of the name Oplontis is not clear, probably it comes from “opulentia” referring to the sumptuous villas found there. Among these the one named Poppea stands out attributed to Poppea Sabina, the second Nero’s wife, because of an inscription found on a vase which cites the freedman counsellor of Poppea and a seal on a jar produced in a local brick works belonging to the empress. The Villa of Oplontis is the largest and most significant of the suburban villas. Constructed in the I century b.C. it is adorned with splendid paintings some of which offer fantastic prospective such as illusive architectures and ideal landscapes. In the frescos found in the different rooms there are scenes of still life, daily life that remind the paintings us of the more famous Villa of Mysteries in Pompeii and those of the villa of Boscoreale, conserved in the National Archaeological Museum of Naples, let us think that the exquisite taste, the elegance of style can be attributed to the same group of artists working in the area of Vesuvius.